Colon cancer rates are increasing among young people in Ohio
In recent years, an increasing number of people aged 50 and younger have been diagnosed with colon cancer. While many health organizations don’t recommend regular screenings until age 50 and beyond, the median age for colon cancer patients is steadily decreasing. In the ’80s, the median age for colon cancer patients was 72. By 2016,…
Read MoreIs denying treatment medical malpractice?
Not all visits to a hospital are going to be for a serious issue, but the one thing all patients expect from visitation is to receive proper medical treatment. However, what happens when treatment is denied and your minor issue becomes a serious one? Does that constitute as a form of medical malpractice? Read on…
Read MoreThink twice before receiving medical care from a hospital or doctor employed by the State of Ohio
Many people look to their local university medical center for care. This includes medical centers at Ohio State, University of Cincinnati, the Toledo University Medical Center or through their affiliated physicians. However, they may not realize that if they are injured or killed due to medical negligence, going to their university medical center can mean…
Read MoreHow misdiagnoses may affect cardiac patients
Many people are aware that heart disease is one of the most common causes of death of people living in Ohio and across the rest of the country. In fact, the numbers show that heart disease occurs at the same rate among both men and women. However, even with everything doctors know about heart disease,…
Read MoreNot only doctors are sued for medical malpractice
Most medical malpractice lawsuits in Ohio and around the country are brought against negligent physicians, but they may also be filed against hospitals, clinics or other medical facilities, anesthesiologists, nurses or pharmaceutical companies. Whoever the defendant in a medical malpractice case is, the plaintiff must establish that the care they received did not meet generally…
Read MoreLewy body dementia and why it’s so misdiagnosed
More than 1.4 million people in Ohio and the rest of the U.S. have Lewy body dementia. That’s more than the number of people with muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy and ALS combined, yet doctors will often mistake LBD for a psychiatric disorder or for another form of dementia like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. The total number…
Read MoreRetinal detachment behind many opthalmic malpractice claims
Many malpractice claims involve the misdiagnosis of ophthalmic conditions, but for the most part, they are not the rare ones but rather the more relatively common ones. Many ophthalmologists are misdiagnosing retinal detachment in particular. Perhaps you had this condition missed or mistaken for something else here in Cincinnati, Ohio. You yourself may be able…
Read MoreWhy an autopsy is important in wrongful death cases
Having an autopsy report is vitally important to your wrongful death case. The decision to consent to or request an autopsy comes when a family is grief-stricken and emotional. It could be at odds with the next of kin’s, or even the decedent’s, moral or religious beliefs. But having an autopsy can be the best…
Read MorePhysician, Heal Thyself
People from all walks of life and all ages become victims of medical malpractice. From executive management to the blue-collar workforce, negligence by a so-called trusted medical professional can only make a bad medical situation worse. Steven H. Horowitz is 78 years-old and an avid bicyclist. Hours after a vigorous, 15-mile bike ride, he developed…
Read MoreLewy body dementia, a condition all too often misdiagnosed
If you know someone in Ohio who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease or some psychiatric disorder, then hopefully the diagnosis was the correct one. The reason is that a particular condition called Lewy body dementia can be mistaken for any of the three conditions mentioned above. What is Lewy body dementia? In LBD,…
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